Colin Hurley
Born: 1957-07-11 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Collin Hurley is an English actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and the Shakespeare's Globe company, specialising in performing the works of William Shakespeare. Born in Leicester, Hurley first became interested in acting at Alderman Newton's Boys' School when he played Le Beau in As You Like It before going on to act in youth theatre, school plays and amateur dramatic societies. On leaving school in 1969 he spent ten years working in repertory theatres around the United Kingdom when his roles included the title role in Hamlet, Nero in Britannicus, Gus in The Dumb Waiter, Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, (Salisbury Playhouse), Ariel in The Tempest (Gateway Theatre, Chester), the title role in Henry V, The Black Prince in Edward III (Theatr Clwyd), Pip in Great Expectations (Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich) and Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors (Bristol Old Vic). He also worked with Communicado and The Custard Factory, playing Tyresius in Antigone, Johnnie in Hello and Goodbye, and the Farrant twins in Corpse! for Vienna's English Theatre. He then studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1981.
Filmography
2018
- Hamlet - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Ghost
2016
- Flowers as Barry
- The Darkest Universe as Arthur
2012
- Twelfth Night as Sir Toby Belch
2011
- Black Pond as Blake
2004
1993
- Peak Practice as Keith Jordan
1990
- The Chief as Ray Murray
1989
- Henry V as Grandpre
1986
- David Copperfield as David Copperfield